--Query to find out which SQL statement triggered the missing index

WITH XMLNAMESPACES
(DEFAULT 'http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2004/07/showplan')

SELECT query_plan,
n.value('(@StatementText)[1]', 'VARCHAR(4000)') AS sql_text,
n.value('(//MissingIndexGroup/@Impact)[1]', 'FLOAT') AS impact,
DB_ID(REPLACE(REPLACE(n.value('(//MissingIndex/@Database)[1]', 'VARCHAR(1
28)'),'[',''),']','')) AS database_id,
OBJECT_ID(n.value('(//MissingIndex/@Database)[1]', 'VARCHAR(128)') + '.'
+
n.value('(//MissingIndex/@Schema)[1]', 'VARCHAR(128)') + '.' +
n.value('(//MissingIndex/@Table)[1]', 'VARCHAR(128)')) AS OBJECT_ID,
n.value('(//MissingIndex/@Database)[1]', 'VARCHAR(128)') + '.' +
n.value('(//MissingIndex/@Schema)[1]', 'VARCHAR(128)') + '.' +
n.value('(//MissingIndex/@Table)[1]', 'VARCHAR(128)')
AS statement,
( SELECT DISTINCT c.value('(@Name)[1]', 'VARCHAR(128)') + ', '
FROM n.nodes('//ColumnGroup') AS t(cg)
CROSS APPLY cg.nodes('Column') AS r(c)
WHERE cg.value('(@Usage)[1]', 'VARCHAR(128)') = 'EQUALITY'
FOR XML PATH('')
) AS equality_columns,
( SELECT DISTINCT c.value('(@Name)[1]', 'VARCHAR(128)') + ', '
FROM n.nodes('//ColumnGroup') AS t(cg)
CROSS APPLY cg.nodes('Column') AS r(c)
WHERE cg.value('(@Usage)[1]', 'VARCHAR(128)') = 'INEQUALITY'
FOR XML PATH('')
) AS inequality_columns,
( SELECT DISTINCT c.value('(@Name)[1]', 'VARCHAR(128)') + ', '
FROM n.nodes('//ColumnGroup') AS t(cg)
CROSS APPLY cg.nodes('Column') AS r(c)
WHERE cg.value('(@Usage)[1]', 'VARCHAR(128)') = 'INCLUDE'
FOR XML PATH('')
) AS include_columns
INTO #MissingIndexInfo
FROM
(
SELECT query_plan
FROM (
SELECT DISTINCT plan_handle
FROM sys.dm_exec_query_stats WITH(NOLOCK)
) AS qs
OUTER APPLY sys.dm_exec_query_plan(qs.plan_handle) tp
WHERE tp.query_plan.exist('//MissingIndex')=1
) AS tab (query_plan)
CROSS APPLY query_plan.nodes('//StmtSimple') AS q(n)
WHERE n.exist('QueryPlan/MissingIndexes') = 1

-- Trim trailing comma from lists
UPDATE #MissingIndexInfo
SET equality_columns = LEFT(equality_columns,LEN(equality_columns)-1),
inequality_columns = LEFT(inequality_columns,LEN(inequality_columns)-1),
include_columns = LEFT(include_columns,LEN(include_columns)-1)

ALTER TABLE #MissingIndexInfo ADD CreateIndexStatement varchar(8000)

UPDATE #MissingIndexInfo
SET CreateIndexStatement = 'CREATE INDEX <index name>' + ' ON ' + statement + '
(' + ISNULL (equality_columns,'') + CASE WHEN equality_columns IS NOT NULL AND i
nequality_columns IS NOT NULL THEN ',' ELSE '' END + ISNULL (inequality_columns,
'') + ')' + ISNULL (' INCLUDE (' + include_columns + ')', '')

SELECT *
FROM #MissingIndexInfo

DROP TABLE #MissingIndexInfo